Scalpers Jack Up Price Of Colorado Rockies Ticket To $11

DENVER—In what’s being decried as an outrageous case of price-gouging, scalpers have reportedly begun charging as much as $11 for Colorado Rockies tickets, forcing some baseball fans to pay an unreasonably steep price to watch the last-place team. “I can understand $6 or $7 if we’re talking a few rows behind home plate, but some of these guys are out here asking double digits for upper deck,” said fan Connor DeLuca, noting that he paid “almost what a beer costs” for a seat in the mostly empty 200-level at Thursday’s matchup between the Rockies and the Diamondbacks. “I mean, you’d have to stay at least five innings to get your money’s worth. It’s extortion, plain and simple.” When reached for comment, a spokesperson said the Rockies were working to curb resale prices so more fans could afford to watch the team get blown out by eight runs.